Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4433, Shem Emory, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Emory, Shem or Emery, or Shim Martha
W 4433 B.L.Wt. 825 160-55
CONTENTS.

1887 H 60 = Shire State New Hampshire Martha Emory widow of Shem Emory who served in the Revolutionary
1833 Aug. 4. Enrolled age " " 15. Transferred from Portland to Portsmouth from 12 September 1834 note to pensioner with sur- pension certificate - 1887 Jan'y 8 J. S. Hopkins with history & rec
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Jan'y 1848 and sent to
James B. Sharpless Somersworth N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 3 Vol. a

1825-1835 March 24/25 Martha Emery - widow Thomas Emery - father
John Thomas Poynton (Bishop) Col. Poynton Col. Agnes 1700s Resolutions Dir. Dir. 1780s Writings
Pensioner Certificate No. 1164 Awarded 16/10/1855 Blyth Pensioner
825 as June 9/55 Richard Russell Dunmoreworth N.H.
Vol. E. 101

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 29 th AD 1848 Granting pensions to certain Widows
County of York and State of Maine ss: On this fifth day of July one Thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of York, the same being a court of record in said State, Martha Emery a resident of South Berwick in the County of York and State aforesaid aged Eighty two Years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th AD 1848 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Shime Emery who was a private in Capt Thomas Bragdon's Company and led Piques Regiment of Mass. Militia for Sea Coast defence from April 29 th 1780 to December 10 th 1780 Successor on the and 16 days
She further declares that she believes that he performed other services as a private in the Revolutionary War from the Town of York in said County and State. She has understood that he was a Soldier at the taking of Burgoyne's Army in 1777. She further declares that she was Mar-

-made to the said Shinn Emery December 23 rd A D 1798 and that he the said Shinn Emery her Husband died January 16 th A D 1824. That she was not married to him prior to January 1 st 1794 but but at the time above stated. and she further declares that she is now the Lawful Widow of the said Shinn Emery above alluded to and has never intermarried since his the said Shinn Emerys death
Witness
Samuel Shaw
Martha
Emery mark
State of Maine:
York county ss.
On the day and year above written, personally appeared, in open court, the above named Martha Emery, and made solemn oath that the above written Declaration by her sub- scribed, is true, according to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Wm. B. Allen, Judge of said court.
State of Maine.
York County, ss. I Joshua Merrill, Register of the court of Probate, within & for said County of York, do certify, that Hon. Wm. B. Allen, above written is Judge of said court of Probate, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand & affixed my Official seal this fifth day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and fiftythree. J. Merrill Register of the Court of Probate York County

STATE OF MAINE.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office Judicial Courts,
Alfred, September 24 th 1853
I,
James C. McIntire
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County,
Do Hereby Certify, That
Samuel Tompson.
IS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that
his commission is dated July 21. 1848 and will expire July 21. 1855.
and that the
here is
following
genuine.
signature purporting to be
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, the day and year above written.
James C. McIntire.
CLERK.

A COPY
Extract from the Records of the Town of Sanford in the County of York and State of Maine under head of Marriages solemnized by Rev. Otis Robinson as Minister of the Gospel in said Town is the following entry, viz:— Shem Emery of York and Martha Tabbets of Sanford MARRIED A. D. Eighteen hundred and Ninety-eight December twenty third both of Sanford
I, Stephen Merrill Clerk of said Town of Sanford depose and say that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows, viz:—
MARRIED A. D. 1798 Dec: 23  Shem Emery of York to Martha Tabbets of Sanford  both of Stephen Hobbs Town Clerk of Sanford
I, Stephen Merrill above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town with the excep- tion aforesaid as certified by me
Stephen Merrill Town Clerk of Sanford
State of New Hampshire  Maine
York ss. June 6 th A.D. 1853
Subscribed and sworn to by the above before me
Samuel Thompson
a Justice of the Peace.

No 1360 Martha Emory Widow of Shem Me
July 29/1848
Great Falls N.H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 17 1853.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name Shinn Emery is borne on a roll of Capt. Thomas Bragdon's Co. Col. Prince's Regt. for defence of eastern coast, as private from Apr. 29 to Dec 10. 1780. 7 months 16 days including travel home. Dated at York.
No further evidence of the service of any one of the name _____
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M c Guire
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Witness my hand this 19 th day of April A.D. 1853
Martha his Emery Mark
Signed by said Martha Emery in our presence Michael Mansfield. Freziah E. Emery.
Sworn to before me Michael Mansfield Justice of the Peace
The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace _____ within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit _____ that his commission is dated May 24 th A. D. 1849, and will expire _____ May 23 rd A. D. 1854, and that the _____ foregoing signature _____ purporting to be his " true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this _____ Third day of March A. D. 1854
John H. White , { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Declaration for certificate of Revolutionary Services Made by the Widow of the Party who rendered the Service
State of Maine County of York Town of South Berwick
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish Evidence from the Rolls in his office of Shime Emerys Service in the War of the Revolution. also
Shime Emery enlisted from the Town of Wittery in said County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts supposed for eight months, and was out at different times amounting in all to eighteen months particularly was out at present at the taking of Burgoyne according to the best recollection and tradition of this Family, and that he enlisted and always served as a Soldier. The said Shime Emery died twenty nine years ago and I am now and always have remained his Widow since that time
I am now eighty two years old and my memory does not enable me to state his services more fully than above stated
I do hereby constitute James B. Chapleigh of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire My Attorney in the premises over

I, Joseph Emery of St. Berwick, in the State of Maine, aged years, on oath depose & say, that I am the son of Shem Emery, late of York in the County & State aforesaid deceased. That I lived with my father the said Shem Emery from my earliest recollec- tion untill the time of his death - which occurred on the 16 th day of January A. D. 1824. That in my child- hood my father gave me a Bible which I have always kept in my family & in which the death of my father the said Shem Emery is recorded in my own hands writing which was made at the time or soon after his death as follows; January 16 th 1824 died Shem Emery of York in the 64 th year of his age, which Bible & record are now before me. That at the time of his death he left as his widow / she having been his l.d. wife / Martha Emery, who is still living his widow & has never intermarried since the death of her husband the said Shem Emery & is the identical Martha Emery who makes her declaration for a pension for the services of her late husband The said Shem Emery as a soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Brit- -tain as described in her declaration which is attached to this my affa- -davit. I also certify that I have no

interest whatever in the result of this case.
Attest Richard Russell
Joseph Emery
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss.
Be it known that on this 17 th day of Feby A. D. 1854 Personally appeared Joseph Emery well known to me as a man of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I Certify that the Bible alluded to in his affidavit is before me and has the appearance of being a very old book, that the record of the death of Shim Emery as described by him is in said book in a fair legible hand writing and I have no doubt but that it was made as described by him the said Joseph Emery. Before me. Richard Russell Justice of the Peace.
The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit that his commission is dated May 24 th A. D. 1849 and will expire May 33 rd A. D. 1854, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this third day of March A. D. 1854.
John H. White, { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

I Kesia Wigglesworth of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged fifty years on oath declare, That my maiden name before my marriage was Kesia Emery and formerly lived in the town of York in the County of York and State of Maine. That my fathers name Shem Emery of said York now deceased That my mothers maiden name before her marriage as I always understood was Martha Tibbetts and lived in Sanford in said County of York & State of Maine That at the time of my marriage my father the said Shem Emery lived in said town of York. That I always understood by him that in his youth he had lived in the town of Kittery in said County of York & State of Maine where he enlisted and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and I have often heard him relate circumstances and incidents that occurred while he was in said service one of which was that they (meaning the soldiers) suffered so much from hunger that they eat the meat of a dog That my father the said Shem Emery died in the year A. D. 1824 in the town of York aforesaid and that my mother the said Martha Emery is still living his widow and has never intermarried since the death of her husband the said Shem Emery and is the identical Martha Emery who makes appli- -cation for the services of said Shem Emery and dated July 5 th A. D. 1853, and I have no doubt but the Shem Emery here alluded to is the identical person named in the certificate of William Tufts, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts herewith annexed. I also certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of this case
Andrew J. Emery Witnesses Cynthia M. Dorr
Kesia Wigglesworth
Be it known that on this 11 th day of April

State of New Hampshire } ss April 13 th Strafford County
A. D. 1854. Personally before me Resiah Wigglesworth were known to me as a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed. I also certify that the witnesses to her signature are known to me and are residents of the town of Somersworth the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire
Richard Nussle Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace _____ within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit _____ that his commission is dated May 24 th A. D. 1849 and will expire May 23 rd _____ A. D. 1854 and that the _____ foregoing signature _____ purporting to be his is true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
fourteenth day of May A. D. 1854
John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY ss.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace annexed within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit of declaration that his commission is dated May 19 A. D. 1854 and will expire May 28th A. D. 1859 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 21st day of March A. D. 1855
John H. White Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Martha Emery 12.2.18.
Richard Mansfield Vernonworth N.H.

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.
STATE OF New Hampshire COUNTY OF Strafford } ss.
On this Twentieth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Emery aged eighty four years, a resident of South Berwick in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Shem Emery deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Bragdon in the Regiment of Sea Coast defence commanded by Col Praine in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 1875 day of A. D. 1875 that her said husband enlisted at on or about the day of April A. D. 1780 for the term of 7 1/2 months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of 7 1/2 months and was honorably discharged at on the day of December A. D. 1780 as will appear by her papers filed whereby she obtained a Pension Certificate No. 1160 for 25 dollars + 10 cts per annum commencing March 4, 1848.
She further states that she was married to the said Shem Emery in Sanford on the twenty third day of December A. D. 1798 by one Robertson a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Libbey that her said husband died at St. Berwick on the sixteenth day of January A. D. 1824 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Witness Shem Emery Sally Sanborn  Martha Emery Mark
We, Shem Emery of and Sally Sanborn both of Somersworth in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Emery in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Michael Prappell JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4433
Martha Emory
Widow
Shepherd Emory
Past. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 1360
Martha Emory
Daughter of Shem the
J. B. Chaplin June 13/54
Same June 26. 1854
Same Aug 7 1854
Same Aug 29 1854
J. B. Chaplin 6 Oct 1854
J. B. Chaplin 7 Oct 1854
29 July 1848

1824 62 1760
Edmund Neal, Deborah Gordin
Joseph Emery, Keziah Mugglemuth
Louisa Shapleigh, Simson Emery

0. 12 2/8
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 24, 18 55
Martha Emery. M rs of Thos. Emery Capt. Thos. Brogdon Rev War, Mass. Troops
Warrant No 825-160-55
Richard Russell
Simmerworth
N. H.

8200
S
160 lines

Matthew Emory
Transfer to Portsmouth when ordered.
James M. [unclear]
Admiral of the Fleet
SHOREWARD COURT
State of New Hampshire
COURT OF PROBATE

State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY, SS.
COURT OF PROBATE. REGISTER'S OFFICE, DOVER.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Thos W. Pray is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing and annexed affidavit. ; that his commission is dated Dec 21 st A. D. 185 5 , and will expire in five years from that date ; that the signature purporting to be his on the foregoing and annexed paper true and genu- ine ; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
31 st day of July A. D. 185 5
John H. White { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Main Roll.
Martha Emory, widow of Shem, who was a private Mass troops,
Ad. Act July 29, 1848, 7 months 16 days private $25:10 cts per share
Com March 4, 1848,
James B. Shapleigh, Somersworth, N. Hampshire.

St Falls Oct 4 th 1857
Dear Sir
I transmit herewith additional evidence in Martha Emmons application for Pension. Hope it will be satisfactory
Very Respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Chas B Chaplin
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

The undersigned a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty five \frac{10}{100} dollars per annum states; that she is now an inhabitant of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire and has taken up her residence, and expects to live with her son Shem Emery for the remainder of her life, That it is inconvenient for her to draw her pension money at the Portland Agency as Portland is forty five miles distant from said Somersworth, Wherefore she prays that the accompanying pension certificate may be made payable at Portsmouth New Hampshire Agency as said Portsmouth is only sixteen miles distant from said Somersworth. She further states that she is the identical person to whom the enclosed Pension Certificate was issued No 1160, and that she resides at the said Somersworth and is now a widow and the reputed widow of Shem Emery who was a Revolutionary soldier

and is now deceased J. W. Pray Shem Emory
his Martha Emory mark
State of New Hampshire Strasburg
On this 28 th day of July 1855 personally appeared Martha Emory above named and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true
Before me J. W. Pray the same

We Dorcas Emery & Shem Emery of Somersworth in the State of New Hampshire depose and say that we are personally acquainted with Martha Emery that the said Martha Emery is the iden- tical person who is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty five \frac{10}{100} dollars per annum to whom the enclosed certificate was issued, & the statements set forth in her declaration are true and the said Martha resides in said Somersworth, and intends to make her residence in said Somersworth. Shem Emery Dorcas Emery
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
On this 28 th day of July 1855 per- sonally appeared Shem Emery and Dorcas Emery and made solemn oath that the above affida- vit by them subscribed is true, & they are persons of good reputation for truth. Before me Edw. Pray Judge

  James Emory,  same town,  year 1845  } ad o 32 Me    Isaac Emory  county  "    Job Emory  county  "  

Kittery, Me. Aug 17, 1854.
My dear Sir:
On my return from a journey, a day or two since, I found your letter of the 9th. I immediately handed the letter to our Town Clerk who returned it to me yesterday, saying that he had made diligent search of the Town Records for the year 1760 and for several preceding and subsequent years - and that he could find no mention whatever of the birth of Shura Emery therein - I regret that this is so, if that point is requested to you can - I am sorry, too, that my absence has prevented an earlier reply to your letter - I am always happily & serve you -
Yours, very truly,
William A. Allen
Jo h H. Shablin Esq.

Brief in the case of Martha Emery, widow of Shem. York _____ County and State of Maine
act
July 29, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.) Original
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
A certificate from the office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, shows that a Shem Emery , who is satisfactorily identified as having been the husband of the claimant, rendered 79 months and 16 days service in Col. Prince's Regiment, Mass. troops , commencing April 29, 1780 . The marriage on the 23 d of Dec. 1798 established by the certificate of
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
The Town of Sanford, York County, Maine shows a Massachusetts ,
Name and residence of Agent
Jane, B. Shapleigh, Somersworth, N.H.
Examining Clerk.
Asa D. Niles.

Ut Falls Aug 31 st 1854
Dear Sir
Your letter of 29 th inst is received relative to Nathan Emerys Application for Pension. And in answer would say that I know of no record, and can hear of none, of the birth of the said Shem Emery, but you have his age in Joseph Emerys Affidavit. He states the date of his death and his age at his death, and I think there can be no doubt of his age, or that he is the I dont care Shem Emery why I do as set forth in the papers. I am aware that there was a number of Emerys from Kitty & York who served in that war and I have no doubt of the truth of the Statements made to the Service of the said Shem. I have seen the Gun which the Family say he carried in said Service. I am acquainted with all the Witnesses who have testified in this case and they are respectable in Society as Citizens, and they all testified with care and caution & I have no doubt to the truth in the matter. If however you insist upon having the

further proof of his birth I will make further effort to obtain it, but I fear without success Please answer immediately if further proof is required
I am Respectfully Your Obed Servt Isaac B Chaplin
Hon S. Cole Esq Acting Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.
PS. I would say that Mrs. Emery is in moderate circumstances in life and but poorly able to pros- ecute her claim and I hope the evidence already furnished will suffice as I believe that everything has been done in good faith I B Chaplin

Gr Falls Aug 21 st 1854
Dear Sir
On the receipt of your letter of 7 th inst relation to Martha Emerys claim for Pension I immediately wrote S. B. Allen Esq of Kitty to examine the records of said Kitty & find if possible a record of the birth of them being alluded to. Enclosed I send you his reply
I know of no other means of proving his birth & hope the evidence already shown of his age will suffice. If not please answer me immediately
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servt Mrs B. Shapleigh
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Gt Falls Somersworth Jun 22 d 1857. Dear Sir
I enclose you additional evidence in the application of Martha Emery for Pension for the services of Thos Emery as requested in your letter of 13 th inst. Hope it will be satisfactory Will you please give it your early attention
I am Respectfully
Hon L.P. Waldo Secy of Pension Washington D.C.
Your Obed Servt Isaac B. Chaplin

Somersworth NH Dec 26 th 1857
Dear Sir
Your letter of Oct 7 th relation to the case of Martha Emery was received by due course of Mail and I answered it on the 12 th of the same month. I have also written you once since that time upon the same subject, but have received no answer to either. Presuming they have not reached you, I now write again. You say in your letter alluded to, that "The proof is insufficient to establish in a satisfactory manner the identity of the Widow Husbands with the Shim Emery whose services are described in the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Mass." The mere fact that both served from the same town and that the witnesses believe he was the same man, I do not think conclusive as to his identity.
I am unable to comprehend the meaning of your words "They both served from the same town." It seems to me you are labouring under a misapprehension in the matter, as there is no allusion made to the service of only one man by the name of Shim Emery in any of the papers forwarded in the case. You say in your letter of Aug 29 "There were several Emerys in York & Kelley who were in the Revolutionary War. As

James & Isaac & Job" but no allusion to any other Shim Emry. I think by a careful examination of all the papers in the case you will find her case fully made out. If not, please inform me at your earliest convenience.
I am very Respectfully Thos B. Shapley
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm n of Pensions Washington D.C.

Gt Falls Oct 12 th 1854
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 7 th inst informing me that the Additional evidence furnished in Martha Emerys case of Application for Pension for the services of her late Husband Shim Emery is still insufficient is received.
You say "The mere fact that both served from the same Town, and that the Witnesses believe he was the same man. I do not think conclusive as to his Identity"
I cannot imagine what you allude to by your words "The mere fact that both served from the same Town" when no allusion has ever been made in any of the papers sent in this case as to the service of any man other than one person.
McLeod in his letter of Aug 29 th says there were several Emerys from York & Kittery served in the Revolution, as James, and Isaac & Job, but makes no allusion to any other by the name of Shim but the one referred to above. I have shown you by the best evidence I could procure that there were no other Shim Emery living at that time in Kittery which could have served in said War. I can find no more evidence of the birth of the said Shim Emery, but is the affidavits of Eben Goodwin & Loize Shapleigh should I think be satisfactory as to his age especially when taken in connection with the affidavit of Joseph Emery as to the date of his death and his age

at the time of her death. I think upon a careful reexamination of her Papers you will find that the said Summons is clearly sufficiently and satisfactorily proved.
I am very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Jas B Chaplin
Hon. L. P. McCall
Comm ee of Pension
Washington
D.C.

Gt Falls Somerville June 15 th 1851 Mr Waldo
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit to you the the Declaration of Martha Emery with papers in support of her claim for a Pension. Will you give them your attention at your convenience Please acknowledge their receipt Honn L.P. Waldo Very Respectfully Yours Sec of the Interior Mrs B. Chaplin Washington D.C.

Gt Falls Aug 2 1854
Dear Sir
Enclosed I transmit additional evidence in Master Emory's application for Pension which I hope will be satisfactory. Please answer by earliest opportunity.
I am Respectfully
Hon L. P. Waldo
My very Obed Servt
Secy of Pension
Just B Shapley
Washington
D.C.

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Alfred, October 2 nd
A. D. 18 52 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Mark F. Gaudwin Esq. is now
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Yor as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COMMIS-
sion is dated May 26 A. D. 18 70
A. D. 18 49 and will expire
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his  his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire
Clerk.

54 53 9 / 1 7 9 / 1
I. Louisa Shapleigh of Eliot in the County of York and state of Maine age 83 years Solemnly affirm that in July last past I made affidavit to be used in the application of Martha Emery for a Pension for the service in the War of the Revolution of Shem Emery late of York in said County and State. I would now further affirm that and say that the said Shem Emery there alluded to was about ten or twelve years older than myself and must consequently have been born about the year A D 1759. That my recollections of the said Shem in his youth are clear and distinct, and I have no doubt but that I am correct as to his age. That I have no interest whatever in the result of this case
Louisa Shapleigh
Sign
Be it known that on this twenty seventh day of September A D 1854 personally appeared Louisa Shapleigh known to me as a Woman of truth & veracity and before me affirmed, and in my presence signed the above affidavit
Mark F. Goodwin } Justice of the Peace
[Signature]
Clerk.

1780
I Eben Goodwin of South Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine agree 4 years on with declaration that I have always lived in said South Berwick which was for- merly called Berwick from my earliest re- collection until the present time and upon the same farm on which I now reside That in the Town of York in said County and State and seven miles from my residence there lived a man by the name of Shem Emery with whom I was always personally acquainted and who I always understood was born and lived in his youth in the town of Kittery now called Eliott and a distance of two miles from my residence in said Berwick of course that I was always ac- quainted with the family to which he belonged That in my youth it was my business in the winter season especially to drive an ox team That when I was about fifteen years old I spent most of one winter season in drawing ship timber from near the residence of Shem Emery to a place called Hearn's Wharf in said South Berwick. That the said Shem Emery
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then and there at the same time assisted in Janson and with his own team in drawing said lumber from and to the places above named. That he was then a man in mid- dle life in age with a family around him and had children of nearly my age with whom I was acquainted one of which is Joseph Emery who is still living near the place where his Father the said Shim Emery then resided. That I think at the time above alluded to, to wit, the drawing of the lumber the said Shim must have been about thirty five years old and I have no doubt but he is the identical person named and referred to in the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated May 17 th 1853 and used in this case. He is also the Identical Person named in the affidavit of Loisa Shapleigh her unto annexed. That I have no interest whatever in the result of this case Eben Goodwin
Be it known that on this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1854 personally appeared Eben Goodwin known to me as a man of truth and veracity and before me well known and in

My Mission signed the foregoing affidavit
Mark F. Goodwin } Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
July 29 th
A. D. 1852 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Stillman T. Allen, Mark F. Goodwin & Osory M. Nute
are Acting Justices of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
the paper hereto annexed; that
he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such;
as appears by said Stillman T. Allen's
sion is dated
January 20
A. D. 1852
and will expire
is dated May 26. A.D. 1849 and will expire May 26. A.D. 1850. And that said Osory M. Nute's commission is dated June 10. A.D. 1848 and will expire June 10. A.D. 1850.
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be theirs are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire
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I, Briard A Currier town clerk of Kittery in the County of York and State of Maine on oath declare that I have made diligent examination of the records of Said Town of Kittery and do not find the name of Shem Emery then recorded among the legal voters of Said Town in the year A. D. 1780 but I do find the name of Japhet Emery there recorded and in Said year of A. D. 1780 the Said Japhet was elected one of the Selectmen for Said Town of Kittery as appears by Said records Kittery July 25 th 1854 Briard A. Currier Town Clerk
State of Maine York County ss
I sworn to before me this 25 th day of July A. D. 1854 and I certify that upon personal examination of the records of Said Town of Kittery I find that the Said Briard A Currier was elected to the office of Town Clerk for Said Kittery at their last annual Election for the choice of officers for Said Town
William B. Allen, Justice of the Peace

I. Loiza Shapleigh of Eliot which Town was formerly Kittery in the County of York and State of Maine Aged Eighty Three on oath affirm that I have lived in said Eliot since in the same house I now live in from my earliest recollection. That in my Youth I was acquainted with a Man by the name of Shem Emery who resided in my immediate neighborhood in said Kittery now Eliot, That the said Shem Emery married for his first Wife was Persiah Emery of said Kittery who died, and the said Shem mar- ried for his second Wife Martha Tabbett of Dunford in said County and State. That the said Shem moved from my neighborhood about the time of his first marriage to the Town of York in said County & State where I always heard that he resided until his death. That the said Shem was old enough to have served in the Revolutionary war in the year 1780 and I have no doubt but he the said Shem Emery above described is the Iden- tical Shem Emery who did live in said place in 1780 as acknowledged by the Secretary of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts as I never knew any other man of that name to have lived in said Kittery who could have been old enough to have served in said War. That I have no interest whatever in the result of this case
Witness
Shuah Shapleigh Persiah Emery
Loiza Shapleigh
State of Maine York ss
Be it known that for this eighteenth day of July A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before me

a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of York Louisa Shapleigh well known to me as a woman of truth & veracity and made affirmation to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her Subscribed I also certify that the witnesses to her signature are known to me and are residents of the Town of Eliot in said County & State. That I have no interest which ever in the result of this case
Mark F. Goodwin Justice of the Peace

I Simon Emery of Eliot which was formerly a part of the Town of Kittery in the County of York & State of Maine agree with Seven Brethren on Oath declare that I have always lived in said Eliot from my earliest recollection and near the place where I now reside. That in my very earliest recollection there lived in my immediate neighborhood a man by the name of Lapham Emery who had a son then living in the Town of York in said County & State by the name of Shem Emery who married for his first Wife a woman by the name of Emery who died, & the said Shem married for his second Wife Martha Tabbets formerly of Sanford in said County & State who is still living his Widow. That the said Shem first Wife was a distant relative of mine but I do not now recollect her Christian name. That I have always had a very general acquaintance in said Town of Kittery & Eliot & never knew any other person by the name of Shem Emery who could have been old enough to have lived in the Revolutionary War. And I have no doubt but that the said Shem Emery above alluded to is the identical person who did live in said War in AD 1780 as acknowledged in the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated May 17 th 1853. I also certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of this case
Witness
Simon Emery
Carolina Emery
Daniel Bartlett
State of Maine County of York ss
Be it known that on this Eighteenth day of July AD 1854 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of York Simon Emery

well known to me as a man of truth & veracity and made out to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. I also certify that the witnesses to his signature are known to me and are resi- dents of the Town of Eliot in said County and State.
Mark F. Goodwin Justice of the Peace

I, Joseph Emery of So Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine area 58 years of age do hereby declare that my Father's name was Shem Emery and lived in the Town of York in said County and State. That I always understood by him that he the said Shem Emery was the son of Saphet Emery of Kittery in said County & State and that he the said Shem had lived with his Father the said Saphet in Kittery aforesaid from his infancy until about the time he was twenty one years of age when he married and moved into the Town of York as aforesaid. That the maiden name of his First Wife was Sarah Emery and that of his Second Wife was Martha Peabody who is still living his Widow. That I always understood by my Father the said Shem that he entered into the service of the Militia as a soldier in the War of the Revolution from Kittery aforesaid while he was a minor and under the age of twenty one years and that he moved to York as aforesaid very soon after his return from said Service, and I have no doubt whatever that the above described Shem Emery my Father is the identical Shem Emery named and mentioned in the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated May 17th 1853 as Survey in said War from the Town of Kittery in Capt Bragdon's Company 1st Col Primes Regiment. That I have no interest in the result of this case. Joseph Emery
Witnesses John H. Carris Chas L. Parks
State of Maine County of York So Be it known that on this twenty fifth day

of July 1 st 1854 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for Dutchess Co. Joseph Emery well known to me as a Man of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him sub- scribed, and I certify that the Witnesses to his signature are known to me and are Residents of the Town of Benning in Dutchess Co. & State of New York Notary Public for the peace

STATE OF MAINE.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office Judicial Courts,
Alfred, June 19th 1852
I,
Deane H. Antia
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County,
Do Hereby Certify That
John Gray Esq.
IS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that
he is
his commission is dated July 14 A.D. 18217. and will expire July 14 A.D. 1852
and that the
following
signature purporting to be
his own
genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Deane H. Antia Court of said State, the day and year above written.
Deane H. Antia
CLERK.

I Esmonde Neal of So Berwick in the County of York and state of Maine age Twenty three years on oath declare that from my earliest recollections until the present time I have lived and resided upon the same farm where I now reside. That my said farm was al- -ways included within the limits of the town of South in Said County and state until about fifteen years ago when a portion of the territory of said soke was set off and annexed to the Town of said South Berwick and my said farm was included within the limits of said territory thus set off. That my residence has always has always been within half a mile of the residence of a man by the name of Shinn Emery late of said Brook deceased whom I always understood by him and others, that he in his younger days had lived in the Town of Hitting in said County, & that he learned also by him that while living in said Hitting he had enlisted and served as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and I have often heard him relate incidents that occurred while he was in said service. That I have to day seen a copy of the Certificate of William Tufts Deputy Secretary of the Common- -wealth of Mass dated May 17 th 1853 the original of which is now on file in your office and I have no doubt but the Shinn Emery named in said Certificate is the Identical man referred to above, and that he the said man Shinn Emery is the Identical man who performed the Service acknowledged in said Tufts Certificate.
I also certify that I have no intent which can in the result of this case
E. Esmonde Neal
Witness
Joseph Emery Joshua Emery
State of Maine York ss
Be it known that on this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before me Esmonde Neal well known to me as a man of truth

and veracity and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. I certify also that the witnesses to his signature are known to me as entitled to credit and are residents of the Town of St. Bernard in said county & state.
John G. G. Justice of the Peace

I, Joshua Goodwin of York in the County of York and State of Maine agree with my right years on oath declare that from my earliest recollections until the year 1833 I resided in the Town of South Berwick in said County of York and the most of the time I lived I lived within one mile of the line of said town adjoining the Town of York above named. That from my earliest recollections until the time of his death I was personally acquainted with a man by the name of Shime Emery of said Town of York and whose residence was within two miles of my residence in said Town of South Berwick. That I always understood by him the said Shime and also by my own Father and Mother that he the said Shime was out in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution as a Soldier. That I have also heard other old People in the neighborhood speak of the circumstances of the said Shime having served as a Soldier in said Revolutionary War. That I always understood that in his younger days he the said Shime lived in the Town of Kittery in said State & County and enlisted while living in said Town in the service above alluded to. That I have for the last fifty years had a pretty general acquaintance with the inhabitants of the Towns of York & Kittery above named and I never knew or heard of any other man by that name to live in either of those Towns. That I have to day seen what purports to be and what I have no doubt is a true copy of the certificate of William Tufts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated May 17th 1853 acknowledging the record of the service of Shime Emery in war of the Revolution and I have no doubt whatever that the said Shime Emery first named here and which is set forth in the declaration of Martha Emery of said South Berwick now on file in your office as Widow of the said Shime

Eamery for a pension for services performed by said Shim in the War above alluded to is the Identical man set forth and named in said Tufts, lifeboat and performed the services as there acknowledged. That the first Wife of the said Shim was by kin my Cousin and that our Families always have had an intimate acquaintance. That I have no interest whatever in the result of this case
Witness
Joshua Goodwin
Joseph Emery
Joshua Emery State of Maine York ss
Be it known that on this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before me Joshua Goodwin well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity and made oath that the within affida- vit by him subscribed is true. I also certify that the Witnesses to his signature are known to me as worthy of credit & are residents of the Town of South Berwick in the County & State aforesaid
John Gray Justice of the Peace